In your personal opinion, what were Jefferson’s private, personal views about the institution of slavery? Were his private views of slavery different from his public statements on slavery (Notes on the State of
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Use your sources here:
- Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia
- Letter to Marquis de Chastellux
- Letter to Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Banneker. Benjamin Banneker was a free, educated African-American who wrote to Jefferson while he was Secretary of State under President Washington.
- Jefferson’s reply to Benjamin Banneker.
- Letter to James Madison
- Letter to Henri Gregoire
- Letter to Joel Barlowe
- Letter to John Lynch
- Letter to Edmund Coles